“My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful ...” — Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quote

“My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.”

“My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated.”

“For me, the making of exhibitions has always had to do with dialogue: a concentrated, in-depth, focused dialogue with artists, who keep teaching me that exhibitions should always invent new rules for the game.”

“Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.”

“Every historian discloses a new horizon.”

“I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period.”